You can plan just about any kind of vacation you want and "get 'er dun" right here in Texas. Which is why an old ad campaign used to say that Texas was "like a whole other country".
Amarillo doesn't seem like the place that you would really go out and start looking for pelicans. They are really not native to the Amarillo area. I love Amarillo and all but pelicans don't naturally decide Amarillo is the place to hang out.